# Hellenistic Inscribed Epigrams from Doric-Speaking Areas.machine-readable README

## Table Overview

This table lists the inscriptions from Doric-speaking areas that feature Hellenistic inscribed epigrams, in a format that is machine-readable. This means that each column and each row contains one piece of information only. Below is an overview of the table's columns and column values and the meaning of the abbreviations used within each column.

## Table Columns

1. **ID**: 
   - Description: Unique identification number given for each inscription listed. As the first column in the dataset, it serves as the item identifier, where each unique value in this column represents a distinct item. All the other columns in the dataset provide values corresponding to each item listed in the first column. 
   - Possible Values: Alphanumeric string consisting of a place sigla and a progressive number.The place sigla indicates the macro-region where the inscription is from (cf. 'Macro-Region' column), while the numbering is based on the alphabetical order of the region they originate from (cf. 'Region' column).
   - Abbreviations Used: 
	- AEG: Aegean.
	- CGR: Central Greece.
	- EGY: Egypt.
	- ITA: Italy.
	- PEL: Peloponnese.
   
2. **Edition**:
   - Description: The main edition of the inscription on which other values are based (i.e. 'Macro-Region', 'Region', 'City', 'Type', 'Support', etc.).
   - Possible Values: Alphanumeric string consisting of the abbreviated citation of the edition. The editions are cited following the conventions given in Trismegistos, a database of texts from the Ancient Western World (available at www.trismegistos.org).
   - Abbreviations Used: The resolution of abbreviations can be found at www.trismegistos.org.

3. **Macro-Region**:
   - Description: The macro-region of Ancient Greece where each inscription was found.
   - Possible Values: String of text.
	- Aegean.
	- Central Greece.
	- Egypt.
	- Italy.
	- Peloponnese.

4. **Region**: 
   - Description: The region of Ancient Greece where each inscription was found.
   - Possible Values: String of text. The regions are cited the same way as the in Packard Humanities Institute Greek Inscriptions online, the largest searchable database of Greek inscriptions online (available at https://inscriptions.packhum.org/allregions).
   - Abbreviations Used:
	- Ctr.: Central.
	- E.: East.
	- W.: West.
	- Isl.: Island. This abbreviation is not used for all islands, but only when the name of one island is homophonous to the name of a city (cf. column 'City').

5. **City**:
   - Description: The city of Ancient Greece where each inscription was found.
   - Possible Values: String of text. Value is left blank if no information is available. The cities are cited the same way as in the Packard Humanities Institute Greek Inscriptions online (available at https://inscriptions.packhum.org/allregions). For further information on the location of each ancient city, one can visit the website https://pleiades.stoa.org/, which is a searchable database that provides the geographic coordinates in longitude and latitude for each of them.

6. **Archaeological Setting**:
   - Description: The specific archaeological setting where the inscription was found. 
   - Possible Values: String of text. Usually the value refers to a temple, a sanctuary, a gymnasium, or a specific city neighbourhood. Value is left blank if no information is available.   

7. **Century**:
   - Description: The century when each inscription is dated to. 
   - Possible Values: Alphanumeric string with the number of the century (or of the centuries) the inscription is dated to, followed by 'BC' or 'AD'. 
   	-  – : The inscription dates between two centuries. 
	- BC: Before the common era.
	- AD: After the common era.

8. **Not Before**:
   - Description: The year after which each inscription is dated to, always before the common era. The number provides a lower limit for the date, and often adds information to the 'Century' column.
   - Possible Values: Number. 

9. **Not After**: 
   - Description: The year before which each inscription is dated, always before the common era. The number provides a higher limit for the date, and often adds information to the 'Century' column. 
   - Possible Values: Number. For the sake of the normalisation of data, if an inscription spans to the first centuries AD (after the common era, cf. 'Century' column), the date limit given in this column is '1' (i.e. 1 BC).

10. **Dubious Date**:
   - Description: The indication of whether the dating of the inscription is uncertain. 
   - Possible Values: String of text.
	- yes: The date is dubious.
	- - : The date is not dubious.

11. **Type**:
   - Description: The purpose of the inscription, often related to the theme of epigrams.
   - Possible Values: String of text.
	- Funerary: An inscription set up for a dead individual.
	- Dedication: An inscription set up for a god.
	- Erotic: An inscription with erotic content.
	- /: An inscription can pertain to two different types.

12. **Support**:
   - Description: The shape of the object the inscription is written on. This information is given only when the value of 'Type' is 'Dedication', since dedications are often classified as 'honorary' inscriptions if the support is a statue base destined to an individual, or similia.
   - Possible Values: String of text, e.g. exedra, staute base, or stele. 

13. **Metrical Scansion**:
   - Description: The metrical scansion of the epigram written on each inscription.
   - Possible Values: String of text.
	- +: One epigram is written in more than one metrical scansion. 

14. **Dubious Metrical Scansion**:
   - Description: The indication of whether the metrical sansion of the epigram is dubious.
   - Possible Values: String of text.
	- yes: The metrical scansion is dubious.
	- - : The metrical scansion is not dubious.

15. **Trismegistos ID**:
   - Description: The unique identification number of the inscription given in Trismegistos, a database of texts from the Ancient Western World, searchable at www.trismegistos.org.
   - Possible Values: Alphanumeric string consisting of the abbreviation 'TM' followed by a string of six ciphers. If the inscription is not attested in the Trismegistos database, the value is left blank. 
   - Abbreviations Used:
	- TM: Trismegistos.

16. **IG Correspondence**:
   - Description: The unique identification number of the edition of the inscription given in the volumes of the Inscriptiones Graecae, the main publication of inscriptions across ancient Greece. The identification number is given only when the digital edition of the inscription is available: the searchable list of digital editions can be found at http://telota.bbaw.de/ig/. 
   - Possible Values: Alphanumeric string consisting of the abbreviation 'IG' followed by a number indicating the volume (a roman number for the volume and sometimes a number indicating the fascicula; the edition of the volume is indicated in brackets, if there is more than one) and another number indicating the identifier of the inscription within the volume. As in the 'Edition' column, the editions are cited following the conventions given in Trismegistos.  
   - Abbreviations Used:
	- IG: Inscriptiones Graecae.

17. **SEG Identifier**:
   - Description: The unique identification number of the digital dition of the inscription given in the Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, a publication of newly published or previously unknown inscriptions from Ancient Greece. This publication is available online for the most part, and searchable at https://scholarlyeditions.brill.com/sego/.
   - Possible Values: Alphanumeric string consisting of the abbreviation 'SEG' followed by a number indicating the volume and one indicating the identifier of the inscription within the volume.
   - Abbreviations Used:
	- SEG: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum.

18. **GVCyr Identifier**:
   - Description: The unique identification number of the digital edition of the inscription given in the Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica database. The database collects all metrical inscriptions from Ancient Cyrenaica and is available at https://igcyr.unibo.it/.
   - Possible Values: Alphanumeric string consisting of the abbreviation 'GVCyr' followed by a number identifying the inscription within the corpus.
   - Abbreviations Used: 
	- GVCyr: Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica.

20. **CII Identifier**:
   - Description: The unique identification number of the digital edition of the inscription given in the Cretan Institutional Inscriptions online database. The database collects inscriptions from Ancient Crete that testify to Cretan institutions and is available at http://​cretaninscriptions.​vedph.​it. 
   - Possible Values: Alphanumeric string consisting of 'Cretan institutional inscriptions (online)' followed by a number identifying the inscription within the corpus.
   - Abbreviations Used: 
	- CII: Cretan Institutional Inscriptions.

21. **URL PHI Online**:
   - Description: Online resource link to each inscription in the Packard Humanities Institute Greek Inscriptions database (cf. 'Region' column for the database link and description).
   - Possible Values: Website link. 
   - Abbreviations Used:
	- URL: Unique Resource Locator.
	- PHI: Packard Humanities Institute.

22. **DOI SEG Online**:
   - Description: Digital Object Identifier for each inscription edited in the Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum online, which refers to the column 'SEG Identifier'.
   - Possible Values: Website link.
   - Abbreviations Used:
	- DOI: Digital Object Identifier.
	- SEG: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum.

23. **URL GVCyr Online**:
   - Description: Online resource link for each inscription in the Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica database, which refers to the column 'GVCyr Identifier'.
   - Possible Values: Website link.

24. **URL TM Online**:
   - Description: Online resource link for each inscription in the Trismegistos database, which refers to the column 'TM Identifier'. The link is given only when Trismegistos provides a digital edition of the inscription. 
   - Possible Values: Website link.

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